Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector
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| author | Luparello, Davide |
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| contents | Contract workers constitute half of India's automotive employment but earn substantially less than permanent workers. Using ASI data (2002-2019), I develop an estimator of labor supply and demand schedules to explain this wage premium. The model features worker-type-specific discrete choice labor supply, nested CES production, Nash-Bertrand competition for contract workers, and plant-union bargaining for permanent workers. I find the premium stems entirely from higher productivity rather than differential monopsony power. While a lump-sum transfer offsetting wage markdowns would increase welfare by 14% for permanent and 12% for contract workers, it would simultaneously increase the premium by 14%, exacerbating inequality. |
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| spellingShingle | Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector Luparello, Davide General Economics Economics Contract workers constitute half of India's automotive employment but earn substantially less than permanent workers. Using ASI data (2002-2019), I develop an estimator of labor supply and demand schedules to explain this wage premium. The model features worker-type-specific discrete choice labor supply, nested CES production, Nash-Bertrand competition for contract workers, and plant-union bargaining for permanent workers. I find the premium stems entirely from higher productivity rather than differential monopsony power. While a lump-sum transfer offsetting wage markdowns would increase welfare by 14% for permanent and 12% for contract workers, it would simultaneously increase the premium by 14%, exacerbating inequality. |
| title | Do Temporary Workers Face Higher Wage Markdowns? Evidence from India's Automotive Sector |
| topic | General Economics Economics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08222 |